Motion Picture Daily (Oct-Dec 1951)

2 Motion Picture Daily Wednesday, October 3, 1951 Personal Mention ABRAM F. MYERS, Allied States board chairman and general counsel, arrived in New York yesterday from Washington. • Rhoda Bergman, secretary to Phil Gerard, Universal Eastern publicity manager, will be married Sunday at Tremont Temple, Bronx, to Charles K. Hepner. advertising executive. • Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., arrived here from the Coast yesterday for meetings with W. J. Heineman and Max Youngstein, United Artists vice-presidents. • Spyros P. Skouras, president of 20th Century-Fox, who was scheduled to arrive here yesterday from Europe, is due in today instead. • Bernard Jacon, Lux Film vicepresident, will return to his office today after recovering from a minor operation at St. Clare's Hospital. • Gael Sullivan, Theatre Owners of America executive director, was confined to his home here yesterday with a cold. • Alfred Santell, George Sanders and Robert Shackleton returned here from Europe on the S.S. He de France Monday. • Robert W. Coyne, special counsel to COMPO, returned here yesterday from Oklahoma City. Wahn Is Warner Liaison on Tour Graham Wahn of Warner Brothers home office publicity staff, has been named WB studio representative on the "Movietime U. S. A." stars tour, by Mort Blumenstock, Warner's advertising-publicity vice-president and chairman .of vthe tour. ; ■ , Wahtf-'will 'retain the' post -of New., York ^representative for tfie studioi fqlT . lowing the tour of the stars. N. D. Golden on Tour Washington, Oct. 2. — National Production Authority film chief Nathan D. Golden leaves tomorrow for about two and a half weeks of convention-attending. Golden will go first to Toronto for the Variety Clubs International meeting. From there he will go to Los Angeles for the TESMA-TEDA meet and the SMPE convention. While on the West Coast he will discuss NPA's conservation and construction programs with studio purchasing agents. He will return to his desk on or about Oct. 22. Wm. Alexander, 77 William Alexander, 77, veteran film producer and former theatrical manager, died here Monday at St. Clare's Hospital after a week's illness. He was head of the Irish-American Film Co. and Adventure Films, Inc. See No Film Issue In U. K. Elections London, Oct. 2. — The outcome of Britain's general election on Oct. 25 holds no immediate significance for the film industry. If the Socialists are returned to power there will be little, if any, change in the government's fijm policy. On the other hand, the Tory party election manifesto contains no direct reference to the film industry and it is unlikely that a Tory government would find time for film legislation this year. Both parties have pledged themselves to hold an inquiry into the incidence of entertainment tax. Cinematograph Exhibitors Association's tax committee will meet tomorrow to formulate a campaign. Exhibitors will seek the support of all Parliamentary candidates in their fight against the tax. To Ask Publicists (Continued from page 1) tions— IATSE Motion Picture Home Office Employes, Sign Painters, Pictorial and Display Artists, and the Distributive, Processing and Office Workers of America — the publicists stand little or no chance of winning "acceptable" contracts from the companies, according to union officials. It is expected that Richard F. Walsh, "IA" international president, will make up his mind within the next few weeks whether he is willing to set up a special niche in the "IA" household for publicists. Heretofore, Walsh has exhibited reluctance to make room in the union for workers of that classification. Now, however, since "IA" Home Office Employes Local No. H-63 recently gathered into its fold Paramount's home office publicists, Walsh's reluctance is said to have given way. Local No. 230 Disturbed H-63's winning of the Paramount workers in a recent National Labor Relations Board election has disturbed Local No. 230 of the Sign Painters, Pictorial and Display Artists which 'two years ago was certified at the JIKO Radio home office but has not yet negotiated a contract there. Both are AFL unions, and concern is manifest that an intra-union jurisdictional dispute may break open. Local No. 230 has hoped the "IA" would be willing to turn the Paramount workers over to its sister AFL affiliate, but the "IA's" position at present is that the publicists throughout the home offices should be asked to decide among themselves on a union of their collective choice. DPOWA, meanwhile, is understood to be firmly entrenched at Columbia and 20th Century-Fox. At Warner Brothers, Universal and Republic, none of the three unions has an upper hand, it is understood. Mother of Patterson San Francisco, Oct. 2. — Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Mrs. O. G. Bingham, 76, mother of Pat Patterson, Astor Pictures franchise partner here with Robert Savini. Mrs. Bingham died last night at her home in Pacific Grove. Hugh Owen Presides At Boston Meeting Tomorrow, and for the followingtwo days Boston will be the scene of the fifth and next to the last of the 'regional Paramount sales meetings now underway. Hugh Owen, Eastern and Southern division sales manager, will conduct the session, which will be attended by A. W. Schwalberg, president of Paramount Film Distributing Corp.; E. K. (Ted) O'Shea, vice-president, and Jerry Pickman, director of advertising publicity, and seven regional executives. The seven include: A. M. Kane, assistant Eastern and Southern division manager ; Henry Randel, New York district manager ; and the following branch managers : Myron Sattler, New York ; John Moore, Boston ; Henry Germaine, New Haven; John W. Brown, Buffalo ; E. V. Maloney, Albany. The agenda for the meeting will be sales and promotion plans for "A Place in the Sun," "Rhubarb," "When Worlds Collide," "Submarine Command," "Detective Story," "My Son, John," "Carrie," "Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick," "Sailor Beware" and "The Greatest Show On Earth." Colosseum (Continued from page 1) John L. Lewis' United Mine Workers union has invited the film salesmen to join District No. 50, the UMW's socalled "catch-all" unit, it is reported. The sessions will be held at the Hotel Fontenelle, with William Wink, Omaha loge president, in charge of arrangements. The Omaha group on Thursday will sponsor a get-together of delegates. Executive sessions will be held on Friday followed by general meetings on Saturday and Sunday. Cleveland Salesmen Undecided Cleveland, Oct. 2. — The Cleveland Colosseum loge has voted to give its delegate to the Colosseum convention, full authority to act in its behalf in regard to accepting or rejecting the $7 weekly and $1 a day expense account boost now pending. Previously the loge had voted to accept the new wage boost without qualifications. TA,' Major Studios (Continued from page 1) raises and other adjustments allowable under existing contracts. Unofficial reports that wage increases averaging about 25 per cent will be sought could not be checked immediately, but the trade heard that IATSE has compiled data purporting to show that living costs have increased that much since unions received their last raise in 1947. Broder Firm Registers Albany, N. Y., Oct. 2. — Jack Broder Productions, Inc., Los Angeles, has registered with the Secretary of State a certificate for a New York office for the motion picture and theatrical business. Jack Broder is president. Broder produces for Realart Pictures. Newsreel \ Parade ASEBALL'S finale and the Kaesong talks are currently highlighted. Other itcnis include personalities in the news, fashions and sports. Complete contents follozv: MOVIETONE. NEWS, No. 80— Reds still snag Kaesong talks. Blood appeal by' Joe E. Brown. This elephant won't forget. Smallest "(J. 1." lias problems. News from the sports world: Giants-Dodgers battle' for' flag. Football. NEWS OF THE DAY, No. 210— Parachuting nurses. Call for blood. New York hails Italian Premier. Glamor on parade. Sensational baseball windup. Army routed in first game. Irish triumph in opener. PARAMOUNT NEWS, No. 13— Battle on the beetle. Fashions. Canada's Prime Minister in Washington. People in the news: Henry F. Grady, Gen. Eisenhower. Joe E. Brown makes blood appeal. Army-Villanova. Notre Dame-Indiana. CahfdrniaPenn. TELENEWS DIGEST, No. 40-A— Czech official flees to freedom. Aftermath of Texas drought. European conference in Hamburg. Haile Selassie receives Italian ambassador. Fashions in hats. Army loses opener. UNIVERSAL NEWS, No. 49?— Fashion awards. Seeds for Asia. Joe E. Brown makes blood appeal for "G. I.'s". Smallest airman. Sports flashes: ArmyVillanova ; California-Penn; Texas-Purdue. WARNER PATHE NEWS, No. 15 — Baseball's nail-biting finale. Football. Canada's Premier meets Truman. UN and Red officers talk in Kaesong. France: Honor Gen. Eisenhower. New York: Need a wardrobe? try a scarf. Too E. Brown appeals for blood. SPG to Seek Basic Wage Rate Increase Hollywood, Oct. 2. — The Screen Publicists Guild will seek an increase in the basic wage rate for senior publicists from the present $173.55 weekly to $250 when the executive board opens negotiations with major producers on Oct. 20. The Guild will also seek improvements in severance rules, vacation provisions, plus pension and welfare funds if other unions obtain them. The contract, reopenable now for wage changes, has two years to run. SDG Announces New Insurance Plan Hollywood, Oct. 2. — The Screen Directors Guild announced the signing of an innovational group insurance contract with the Occidental Life Insurance Co. of California which provides each member in good standing, whether a director or assistant, with a substantial life insurance policy at no cost to himself. No increase in dues and no assessments are involved, the whole cost being borne by the Guild. Florida Showmen to Meet on Oct 22-23 Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 2. — Motion Picture Exhibitors of Florida will hold their annual meeting at the George Washington Hotel here on Oct. 22-23. Speakers will include Gael Sullivan of the Theatre Owners of America and Arthur Mayer of COMPO. B MOTION PICTURE DAILY. Martin Quigley, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher; Sherwin Kane, Editor; Terry Ramsaye, Consulting Editor. Published daily, except Saturdays. Sundays and holidays, by Quigley Publishing Company, Inc., 1270 Sixth Avenue, Rockefeller Center, New York 20, N. Y. 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